Amendment 1 will result in costly litigation over which farming practices are allowable based on constitutional rights. Only courts will be able to decide what is included in the "right to farm" - meaning the only thing ensured by Amendment 1 is more

What the West shows us about our water future. Also,read the Farmer Hero profile of Tom Rogers, a farmer who shares his experience protecting water during California's awful drought. Link at end of article.

Without the Farm Bill, our nation's thriving agricultural industry would soon exhaust the land it uses. In a time when it's all the more economically important to grow crops domestically, the Farm Bill is absolutely essential to the future of America's

By an overwhelming vote of 76-22, Senators approved a measure containing two of our top conservation policy efforts, showing that they understand healthy lands and waters are a priority for our nation's environment and our economy--even in politically...

Imagine, one day, that a massive, foreign company decided to dig through your backyard without your permission. When you went to law enforcement to try and stop the company, they brought in big city lawyers to try to throw your rights out the window.

Right now 4 members of the House and Senate ag committees are meeting to rush the 2012 Food and Farm Bill to the Super Committee and steal any chances for reforms for local, organic and healthy food until the next Farm Bill comes up in 2017.Add your name.

I strongly encourage folks to listen to these eloquent speakers; several of the video clips from yesterday morning are already up on the site. The main messages from the conference affirm what many of us know to be true. And yet, it is still something...

Farmers are the stewards of the land; sadly, politics often dictate how they farm. In the coming days, Congress will make decisions on funding priorities for 2012, and dramatic cuts to soil conservation programs

Huge deposits of gold, silver and other minerals have been found under the glaciers. To reach them will be necessary to break and destroy the glaciers -something never conceived in the history of the world-and make 2 huge holes, each as big as a mount